''Mulamoottil Adima'' is a 1985 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language

period drama A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction s ...

film directed by P. K. Joseph, written by

Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan Pappanamcode Lakshmanan was an Indian film scriptwriter, screen play writer and lyricist in Malayalam movies during the 1970s and 1980s. He started his career with ''Indulekha'' in 1967. He worked for around 100 Malayalam movies with the areas ...

and produced by E. K. Thyagarajan. It is based on the life of Adimakannu / Mulamoottil Adima, an outlaw active in the

Central Travancore Central Division or Central Travancore, also known as Kollam District or Quilon Division was one of three (or four) administrative subdivisions of the princely state of Travancore in what is now Kerala. It was administered by a civil servant o ...

region known for stealing from rich and giving to poor. The film stars

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

in the title role, alongside

Mucherla Aruna Mucherla Aruna is an Indian influencer and former actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films, mainly during the 1980s. Early life and career Mucherla Aruna was born in Kothagudem of Telangana into a family that belong ...

Janardanan Janardhanan Pillai (born 5 May 1946), also known as Janardhanan Nair, is an Indian actor, producer and a former Indian Air Force personnel who predominantly acts in Malayalam films. He acted in his first feature film '' Adyathe Kadha'', directe ...

and Surekha. The film features songs composed by

M. K. Arjunan Maliyekkal Kochukunju Arjunan (1 March 1936 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian film and theatre composer, known for his works in Malayalam cinema and the theatre of Kerala. He was fondly referred to as ''Arjunan Master''. Early life Arjunan was ...

and a score by S. P. Venkatesh.

Cast

as Adimakannu / Mulamoottil Adima * M. G. Soman as Moideen *

Adoor Bhasi K. Bhaskaran Nair (1 March 1929 – 29 March 1990), professionally credited by his stage name Adoor Bhasi, was an Indian actor and film director. He was mostly cast as a sidekick to protagonists, particularly Prem Nazir. His comedic roles were w ...

as Shiva Swamy *

as Sainaba * Santhosh as Abu *

as Ibrahim * C. I. Paul as Chembakaraman * Surekha as Devamma *

Meena Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...

as Parvathiamma *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four deca ...

as Lawrence * G. K. Pillai as Hydraman * P. R. Varalakshmi as Laila *Stanly * Murali Mohan *

Kaduvakulam Antony Kaduvakkulam Antony (9 November 1936 – 4 February 2001) was an Indian actor from Kerala who performed in more than 300 films as a comedian during the 1960s and 1970s. One journalist considers him to have been one of the best and most popular ...

*Jaffer Khan

Soundtrack

The film's songs were composed by

and the lyrics were written by

, Devadas, and Cheramangalam. Film's score was composed by S. P. Venkatesh. Soundtrack album was released by Nisari Audios on 12 August 1985.

References

External links

* 1985 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Biographical films about bandits Films about outlaws Indian historical drama films History of Kerala on film Films shot in Kollam Films shot in Alappuzha 1970s historical drama films Films set in the British Raj {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub